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Wikipedia: Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)
Ashford
County constituency
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Ashford shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created: 1885
MP: Damian Green
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Kent
EP constituency: South East England

Ashford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

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Boundaries

Ashford constituency has the same boundaries as Ashford borough. It comprises the rapidly expanding town of Ashford together with the smaller town of Tenterden and 35 villages.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England made major changes to the existing constituencies as a consequence of population expansion across the county.

The electoral wards used in the modified Ashford constituency are entirely within the borough of Ashford;

  • Aylesford Green, Beaver, Biddenden, Bockhanger, Boughton Aluph and Eastwell, Bybrook, Charing, Downs North, Downs West, Godinton, Great Chart with Singleton North, Highfield, Isle of Oxney, Kennington, Little Burton Farm, Norman, North Willesborough, Park Farm North, Park Farm South, Rolvenden and Tenterden West, St Michaels, Singleton South, South Willesborough, Stanhope, Stour, Tenterden North, Tenterden South, Victoria, Washford, Weald Central, Weald East, Weald North, Weald South and Wye

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1885)
Election Member Party
1885 William Pomfret Pomfret Conservative
1892 Laurence Hardy Conservative
1918 Samuel Strang Steel Coalition Conservative
1929 Rev. Roderick Kedward Liberal
1931 Michael Knatchbull Conservative
1933 by-election Patrick Spens Conservative
1943 by-election Edward Percy Smith Conservative
1950 Bill Deedes Conservative
1974 Keith Speed Conservative
1997 Damian Green Conservative

Election results

General Election 2010: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Clark
Liberal Democrat Chris Took
General Election 2005: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damian Green 26,651 51.6 +4.2
Labour Valerie Whitaker 13,353 25.8 -6.3
Liberal Democrat Chris Took 8,308 16.1 +1.0
Green Richard Boden 1,753 3.4 +0.6
UKIP Bernard Stroud 1,620 3.1 +0.5
Majority 13,298 25.7
Turnout 51,685 65 2.5
Conservative hold Swing +5.2
UK general election, 2001: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damian Green 22,739 47.4 +6.0
Labour John Adams 15,380 32.1 +0.4
Liberal Democrat Kieth Fitchett 7,236 15.1 -4.6
Green Richard Boden 1,353 2.8 +1.6
UKIP David Waller 1,229 2.6 N/A
Majority 7,359 15.3
Turnout 47,937 62.5 -11.7
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
General Election 1997: Ashford[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damian Green 22,899 41.41
Labour J Ennals 17,554 31.74
Liberal Democrat J Williams 10,901 19.71
Referendum Party C Cruden 3,201 5.79
Green R Boden 660 1.19
Natural Law S Tyrell 89 0.16
Majority 5,345 9.67
Turnout 55,302 74.22

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/388.htm
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
  • Iain Dale, ed (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
  • The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945. 
  • The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950. 
  • The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955. 

Coordinates: 51°06′N 0°48′E / 51.1°N 0.8°E / 51.1; 0.8


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